Education & Technology (and some History)

The Best Android Apps for Education

Even though I’m an avid Apple consumer and a big proponent of iOS, I’m not foolish enough to think that it’s the only smartphone option out there. So, I thought I would highlight the Android platform. I spoke to friends and family, as well as did some research, and thought I would put out some of the best Android Apps (both free and paid). With the addition of the Amazon App store, many apps are more readily available and easier to peruse. Most of these apps will have an iOS counterpart, but some are unique to the Android operating system.

Twitter – (Free) the Twitter App for Android is a great tool for accessing and posting tweets.

Read It Later – ($2.99) Store and access online articles via Read It Later for offline reading.

Shop Savvy Barcode Scanner – (Free) this application is awesome (I have it on my iPhone). Scan any barcode (using your phone’s camera) and it will pull it up at online merchants and, using GPS, local ones – comparative shop without leaving your home or directly in the store.

The IPhone is a great phone, no doubt about it, however, the revolution of android phones has such a potential that ignoring it would not be a smart choice. Let’s remember that the Google phones came out after the Iphone, now a days it is amazing how these phones are competing. Without mentioning how efficient is the Android OS platform that allows basically any company to install it in their computers and they run just great. I now that Apple dominate the market now, but I have a feeling that these is going to change in the near future. Again just look at Android potential.

My big complaints about Android is that their UI is still problematic and not friendly to those uncomfortable with ‘gadgetry’ and they still have viruses & other issues that come with the open platform (both good and bad). Still, they have immense potential and could easily take out the iPhone.

I is not the first time I talk with friends about the Android and I phone phones, and again I have concluded that Android are as user friendly as iphones. I it is matter of getting used to it. I remember the first time I used an Iphone I could not enter to the browser, or go back to the home screen, it was not even easy to send a text message. The other day someone told me how difficult it was for her to find notification panel for brightness, emails, date, etc.. I just showed the person once. His answer was now I know it is very convenient?
About the viruses, people is mistaken about how secure Iphones are, if hackers want to get into the iphones they can do it. Open platform is your choice, you don’t trust an application, you don’t download it. The risk is yours.

Have you heard about the issue that Ipads had with being able to locate people wherever they were. “Apple slammed over the iphone,Ipad locatoin tracking” just search.

OH yes, I’m familiar with the tracking scandal. Although I’m comfortable with many aspects of programing and computers, I still find the Android platform clunky. Yes, I can use it and figure it out pretty easily, but my friends and colleagues that are intimidated by tech are even more so by Android.
I’m not saying that there aren’t aspects of it that aren’t better. I’m just saying that *right now* in my own opinion (which isn’t gospel), the iOS UI is a bit more intuitive and user friendly for the un-initiated. If I didn’t think that the Android was an important OS, I wouldn’t have written this article 😉

jennifer, I invite you to see my blog, and make a comment, I would appreciate it. Give me your opinion and make a comment about it:

This is something I posted (just a piece)

The education in The U.S is frequenly criticized by many
that claim that it is failing in delivering the expected results. It is amazing
to see how much more is spent in education in the US compared with Europe and
Asian countries, and still see that the ranking of this country is far from the
first place. So I ask myself what is causing such deficiency in education. What
is missing in the system? It is difficult to actually define a single variable
causing such deficiency; rather, I believe that there is a variety of factors
that is affecting it.

I would like to explain that it is not simple for me to criticize
the education system in The U.S, because as an Immigrant I have been blessed to
come to the this country and receive what I consider an excellent education. My
case is the case of many people, that immigrated to this country and that saw
that opportunity to obtain a career, and I did not hesitate to embrace the
system, learn the language and continue to accomplish my academic goals. As a Hispanic,
as a Latino, when I see the high number of high-school dropout among us, I feel
first amazed, but later I am not sure if I understand why this is happening. However, the problem is also extended among other groups that are not necessarily among minorities, and that surprise me even more. Many Latino students face
great socioeconomic problems that greatly affect their academic performance. But what is the problem among other groups?